He should resign. His handlers should resign. But they would have to have some sense of responsibility and accountability for that. All they know, and all they want, is power, and they have no conscience about how they use it.
“Military admits Biden admin’s ‘righteous strike’ in Afghanistan killed 10 civilians — including 7 children, aid worker — zero ISIS-K terrorists,” by Phil Shiver, The Blaze, September 17, 2021:
The Biden administration’s Aug. 29 retaliatory drone strike on supposed ISIS-K terrorists in Afghanistan failed to kill any terrorists but resulted in the deaths of 10 civilians — including an aid worker and 7 children — a U.S. military investigation has determined.
Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commander of the U.S. Central Command, made the announcement Friday afternoon in a Pentagon news conference, saying, “I am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that strike.”
“Moreover,” he continued, “It is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with ISIS Khorasan or were a direct threat to U.S. forces.”
“This strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces and the evacuees at the airport, but it was a mistake, and I offer my sincere apology,” McKenzie added.
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The drone strike came on the heels of an ISIS-K terror attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 100 Afghan civilians while injuring hundreds more.
Following that attack, President Joe Biden vowed that the U.S. would retaliate, declaring in a speech from the White House, “To those who carried out this attack … know this: We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay.”
And so the U.S. military did retaliate on Aug. 29 by striking a supposed ISIS-K planner believed to be transporting explosives in the trunk of his Toyota sedan.
“Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,” said U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Bill Urban, USN, in a statement. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, later touted the revenge attack as a “righteous strike.”…
Walter Sieruk says
This further shows that Joe Biden and his crew can’t do anything right or anything good.
They only make good things and bad things even worse.
Jon Sobieski says
And no one gets punished, or demoted or criticized. Hell you may get promoted.
mortimer says
Yes, they can’t fire anyone, because they would all have to be fired. Everything they touch becomes a CRISIS.
GenEarly says
Bubba Clintoon bombed an Aspirin Factory in Sudan. The Feral DC Swampters are Never held to account, Too Big to Prosecute.
This is Not Your Government. It was Installed in a NWO sElection Coup in 2020. Buck Fiden is the Puppet, Obamy is The Resident, and Trump is The President in Exile. Have a Banana and forgetaboutit, Welcome to the USSA.
James Lincoln says
GenEarly,
The United States of America, under the fraudulent administration, is rapidly becoming a high class banana republic.
The question is, how long can it remain “high class” without strong conservative leadership.
Keys says
Guess who is going to pay compensation to those families ?
Yep, the artistic taxpayer,
Hunter Biden.
mortimer says
What is the FBI doing about the BRIBERY SCANDALS contained in Hunter’s abandoned laptops?
How much BRIBERY did the BIG GUY get ? And from whom?
Would bribery in high offices be impeachable?
gravenimage says
Biden’s handlers admit their drone strike in Afghanistan killed 10 civilians, including 7 children, and no jihadis
……………….
*Just horrifying*.
After hearing initial reports I had wondered. And now we know.
Wellington says
The Biden Administration keeps making some of the most incompetent Administrations in American history, like those of Pierce, Buchanan, Hoover and Carter look not so bad. What a disaster the Biden Administration has been and it is only 8 months old and thus with years, not months, yet to come.
God help America. Somebody better. The Bidenistas won’t. Indeed, they’re in the process of destroying America.
Terry Gain says
Wellington
I agree. The damage is extensive and irreparable.
Keys says
Right on target, as usual, Wellington !
And call to mind the incompetence of the Obama administration, especially in foreign policy. Biden’s actions have all the fingerprints of his style of government rule.
“You-Didn’t-Build-That-Obama” was near genius at destruction, “community organizing”, opaqueness, stonewalling, political blackmail, deceit, and ‘smooth talk’ to fundamentally change America.
It continues.
GenEarly says
Obamy and his Bolshevik democRats are pulling old Joe’s strings
James Lincoln says
100% true, Wellington.
Since he was fraudulently inaugurated on 20 January 2021, Sleepy Joe has “served” just eight months out of his 48 month term.
8/48 = 16.666%
The massively fraudulent 2020 US Presidential Election needs to be pulled down – but fast.
mortimer says
Fraudulent, sleepy and corrupt. Ask Hunter how much the ‘Big Guy’ got..
Terry Gain says
The drone strike occurred on August 29. I suspect that the grossly incompetent General McKenzie Jr would have known shortly thereafter that the strike was a mistake. It is telling that this execrable administration has not admitted this mistake until now, almost 3 weeks later.
James Lincoln says
Terry Gain,
You are correct, Gen. McKenzie Junior should have known – and announced – within days.
Sen. Rand Paul said to Secretary of State Blinken something like – aren’t you supposed to investigate your target *before* you strike?
tgusa says
The pentagon is calling this incident a tragic mistake. After years and years of elevating tragic mistakes to positions of power, well, tragic mistakes making tragic mistakes shouldn’t be a surprise.
somehistory says
Wasn’t Senator Paul questioning the milley fool about this and he said he “didn’t know” or some such lie?
The thing is, they were “following” the guy all day….while he filled cans with ***water*** to take to some people who had no water…watching him while he filled the cans with water and then had the audacity to claim that these were bombs of some sort…after watching him fill the cans with water…
Water bombs? Over the doors in college dorm rooms? Or to be dropped from open windows on unsuspecting people below?
And they watched him as he and his staff loaded ***computers***…laptops…into the vehicle…and then claimed these were some kind of weapon because they were **wrapped** for protection on the trip…to take the water and other supplies to the people he was helping.
Remember: this all had been with “very careful planning” for “such contingencies”…out of the mouth of the guy who was supposed to be in charge of this “evacuation” that, according to biden, everyone wanted and it was a “success.”
Evil, through and through.
Infidel says
Actually Sen Rand Paul was putting the question to Blinken, and the answer was that he didn’t know. Now, the Pentagon has made it official.
What I wonder: where are our run-of-the-mill, America-hating peaceniks, who back in the day were up in arms on anything we did in Iraq? The Cindy Sheehans, the Michael Moores and so on? Where are they?
somehistory says
Yes, Infidel, I re-read my email and my error of memory….it’s difficult to keep all of these fools separated by name. Thanks for the correction.
Sen. Paul asked him if they should not have known who they were going to “off” before they did the deed.
They are all either total fools…or they are totally evil in intent. Which do they choose to be called?
Infidel says
Where is Code Pink? Michael Moore? ANSWER (Act Now, Stop Wars, End Racism)? Senator Dick Durban (who kept berating our troops on Abu Ghraib)? Where are these people?
No wonder Gen Milley has flipped and become a full time Dem: the above actors, who would have demanded his head on a platter had anything even close to this happened under Trump, is skating like he’s Nancy Kerrigan
somehistory says
Those who call themselves democrats are warmongers. It’s the party of warmongers. Have you seen the photos of pelosi with soros?
They are evil humans out to destroy humankind. They pretend to be on the side of minorities…such as Blacks, but at every bend in the road, they prove otherwise. They pretend they don’t want war, but only as long as they are not in full power mode. When they gain majority power, it’s all-out war everywhere. Liars and hypocrites should be written on their foreheads and their enormous paychecks.
gravenimage says
Good questions, Infidel. Imagine if President Trump had made such an egregious error (not this this would ever have been likely).
Infidel says
Heck, forget Trump, they were all on President Bush’s case during Abu Ghraib, despite the army disciplining the people involved. Here, it’s just like all the people in question are sleeping w/ the fishes… and Osama
gravenimage says
+1
Walter Sieruk says
The bungling incompetence and folly of Joe Biden and his staff must have no limits.
Even to a deadly extent.
CogitoErgoSum says
Joe Biden is a complete disaster for the U.S …. and the worst part is that he’s just getting started.
James Lincoln says
And for the rest of the free world, CogitoErgoSum.
But you knew that already…
tgusa says
Biden is not all there and spends most of his time wandering around as sundown approaches or on vacation. Democrats have made the case that the USA really doesn’t need a president. We have generals warning the Chinese about their worries that a president might launch a nuke which gives the Chinese time to launch on our cities. And given all the wrong headed thinking in this administration the generals might be wrong, but too late, the Chinese missiles are already flying. Damned idiots.
I’m much more concerned now than I ever was during the cold war with the USSR. At least back then DC wasn’t the problem. Who can predict what those fools will do.
James Lincoln says
tgusa,
Sleepy Joe Biden is, perhaps, the exact “resident” that the Democrats wanted – and still want.
tgusa says
James,
What you wrote confirms that we don’t have a p-resident but that we are being governed by an unelected JV team of anti-American malcontents.
Kesselman says
The Dems election fraud has shown them that they can get away with anything. They have long adopted the typical fascist mode of arrogance. Biden even doesn’t care about answering reporters at the so-called press meetings.
OLD GUY says
Not defending Biden and his handlers, but war is messy and when you bomb or air strike there is always a chance of killing civilian women and children. The sloppy job our leaders did on getting out of Afghanistan is responsible for this action of retaliation to the killing of American service personnel. Follow the chain of command back to who gave the order to strike back.
gravenimage says
Agreed, OLD GUY–but it’s not as though a couple of civilians got caught in the crossfire here, as bas as that would be. This strike didn’t appear to hit *any* Jihadists, or even get close to it.
ROBERT CARRILLO says
This was a WAR CRIME.. ..and a Biden-ista stunt to demonstrate bravado, as a deflection from the mess he and his team of idiots have created..